July 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER (Policy 2:220)

1.1. Roll Call

1.2. Welcome

1.3. Pledge

1.4. Reminder to Sign Attendance Record

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Policy 2:220)

2.1. Regular Session, June 16, 2025

2.2. Executive Session, June 16, 2025

3. RECOGNITION, AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS

3.1. 2025-26 Tentative Budget (Policy 4:10) – Todd Latham

4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Per Board Policy 2:230, attendees wishing to speak at the Board meeting must register their intention to participate in the public portion(s) of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting. Complete the form found in the Welcome to Our Meeting brochure (print legibly) and give it to the Presiding Officer or the Recording Secretary before the meeting is called to order.

5. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

6. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT (Policy 3:40)

7. BOARD DIALOGUE TOPICS & PENDING ACTION CONSIDERATIONS

7.1. 2025-26 Proposed Resource/Textbook Adoption (Policy 6:40)

8. WORK-STUDY TOPICS & FUTURE ACTION CONSIDERATIONS           

8.1. Policy Updates: First Reading – Updated, Reviewed & New (Policy 2:240)         

8.1.1. Policy 2:260, Uniform Grievance Procedure – Updated

8.1.2. Policy 2:265, Title IX Grievance Procedure – Rewritten

8.1.3. Policy 4:15, Identity Protection – Updated

8.1.4. Policy 4:80, Accounting and Audits – Updated

8.1.5. Policy 5:10, Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment – Updated

8.1.6. Policy 5:20, Workplace Harassment Prohibited – Updated

8.1.7. Policy 5:60, Reimbursement Expenses – Updated

8.1.8. Policy 5:100, Staff Development Program – Updated

8.1.9. Policy 6:150, Home and Hospital Instruction – Updated

8.1.10. Policy 6:235, Access to Electronic Networks – Updated

8.1.11. Policy 7:10, Equal Educational Opportunities – Updated

8.1.12. Policy 7:20, Harassment of Students Prohibited – Updated

8.1.13. Policy 7:60, Residence – Updated

8.1.14. Policy 7:70, Attendance and Truancy – Updated

8.1.15. Policy 7:180, Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment - Updated

8.1.16. Policy 7:185, Teen Dating Violence Prohibited – Updated

8.1.17. Policy 7:190, Student Behavior – Updated

8.1.18. Policy 7:200, Suspension Procedures – Updated

8.1.19. Policy 7:210, Expulsion Procedures – Updated

8.1.20. Policy 7:250, Student Support Services – Updated

8.1.21. Policy 7:255, Students Who are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence - New

8.1.22. Policy 7:270, Administering Medicines to Students – Updated

8.1.23. Policy 7:310, Restrictions on Publications; K-8 schools – Updated

8.1.24. Policy 7:315, Restrictions on Publications; High Schools – Updated

8.1.25. Policy 7:340, Student Records – Updated

8.2. 2025-26 O&M 7-Year Capital Improvement Plan (Policy 4:10)

9. INFORMATION

9.1. Board Meeting/Presentation Schedule (Policy 2:220)

9.2. FOIA Requests & Board Correspondance (Policy 2:250)

10. CONSENT AGENDA (Bylaw 0166.1)

10.1. Personnel Report: Resignations, Retirements, Leave Requests, Changes in Assignment/FTE, New Hires (Policies 3:50, 5:200, 5:280)

10.2. Monthly Financials – June (Policy 4:40, 4:55) 

10.3. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $1,500, Grace Power & Control LLC, for GHS Athletics for team supplies/uniforms/needs (Policy 8:80)

10.4. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $35,577.81, Geneva Academic Foundation, teacher “Wish List” items for classrooms (Policy 8:80)

10.5. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $4,500, State Bank of Geneva ($1,500), Ken’s Auto Center, Inc. ($1,500), D&A Fox Valley Plumbing ($1,500), for GHS Athletics team supplies/uniforms/needs (Policy 8:80)

10.6. Approval to Sell Twenty District Buses of Various Passenger Sizes (Policy 4:60)

10.7. GEA Memorandum of Understanding

11. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND REPORTS 
Policy Committee, Finance Committee, Boundary Task Force, Communications Task Force, Facilities Task Force, Joint PTO, Geneva Academic Foundation, Geneva All-Sports Boosters, Geneva Music Boosters, Geneva High School Theater Boosters, GEARS, K-12 Discipline Committee, Geneva Coalition for Youth, PRIDE, Fox Valley Career Center, IASB/Legislative, IASB Kishwaukee Governing Board, REMS Grant Advisory Board

12. NOTICES / ANNOUNCEMENTS

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS PERTAINING TO APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION, OR DISCIPLINE, PERFORMANCE, OR DISMISSAL OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS IN A PARK, RECREATIONAL, OR EDUCATIONAL SETTING, OR SPECIFIC VOLUNTEERS OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY, INCLUDING HEARING TESTIMONY ON A COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE, A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVES AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR IN A PARK, RECREATIONAL, OR EDUCATIONAL SETTING, OR A VOLUNTEER OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGAINST LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY TO DETERMINE ITS VALIDITY. HOWEVER, A MEETING TO CONSIDER AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION TO A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAGE INCREASE TRANSPARENCY ACT MAY NOT BE CLOSED AND MUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND POSTED AND HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)]. [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)] (Policy 2:220)

14. POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

14.1. Superintendent’s Contract

15. ADJOURNMENT